top secret
adjective
1
: protected by a high degree of secrecy
a top secret weapon
a top secret meeting
2
a
: containing or being information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation
top secret messages
compare confidential, secret
b
: of or relating to top secret documents
a top secret clearance
Examples of top secret in a Sentence
The mission is top secret.
Recent Examples on the Web
Some investigators made plaster casts of its prints, but those casts are top secret, probably locked away in federal vaults, Dalrymple said with a sly wink.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Federal agents raided Mar-a-Lago in 2022 and seized dozens of classified and top secret documents.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 7 May 2024
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2024
Federal agents raided Mar-a-Lago in 2022 and seized dozens of classified and top secret documents.
—Russell Lewis, NPR, 7 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for top secret
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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